ES-4024A User’s Guide
Chapter 25 RIP 159
CHAPTER 25
RIP
This chapter shows you how to configure RIP (Routing Information Protocol).
25.1 Overview
RIP (Routing Information Protocol allows a routing device to exchange routing information
with other routers. The Direction field controls the sending and receiving of RIP packets.
When set to:
• Both - the ES-4024A will broadcast its routing table periodically and incorporate the RIP
information that it receives.
• Incoming - the ES-4024A will not send any RIP packets but will accept all RIP packets
received.
• Outgoing - the ES-4024A will send out RIP packets but will not accept any RIP packets
received.
• None - the ES-4024A will not send any RIP packets and will ignore any RIP packets
received.
The Version field controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP packets that ES-
4024A sends (it recognizes both formats when receiving). RIP-1 is universally supported; but
RIP-2 carries more information. RIP-1 is probably adequate for most networks, unless you
have an unusual network topology.
Both RIP-2B and RIP-2M sends the routing data in RIP-2 format; the difference being that
RIP-2B uses subnet broadcasting while RIP-2M uses multicasting.
25.2 Configuring RIP
Click Routing Protocol, RIP in the navigation panel to display the screen as shown. You
cannot manually configure a new entry. Each entry in the table is automatically created when
you configure a new IP domain in the IP Setup screen (refer to the section on IP routing
domain setup).
